History Deaths on May 15

Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)

#Austin_Osman_Spare

Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928)

#Carlos_Fuentes

Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (b. 1945)

#Jackie_Brookner

Zhuang Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 885)

#Li_Cunxu

Umegatani T?tar? I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)

#Umegatani_T?tar?_I

Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)

#Zakaria_Mohieddin

Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)

#Marie_Champmeslé

Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (b. 1924)

#Arno_Lustiger

Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680)

#Ephraim_Chambers

Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)

#Hasan_Tahsin

Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)

#Ida_Freund

Charles VIII, king of Sweden (b. 1409)

#Charles_VIII_of_Sweden

Nur ad-Din, Seljuk emir of Syria (b. 1118)

#Nur_ad-Din_(died_1174)

Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)

#Gordon_Prange

Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)

#Loris_Kessel

Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631)

#Sir_Edward_Petre,_3rd_Baronet

Henry Bromley, English politician (b. 1560)

#Henry_Bromley_(died_1615)

Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947)

#Jackie_Curtis

Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)

#Wayman_Tisdale

June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1929)

#June_Carter_Cash

Yuri Dolgorukiy, Grand Prince of Kiev (b. 1099)

#Yuri_Dolgorukiy

Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)

#Dick_Irvin

Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946)

#Henrique_Rosa

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

#Philip_Snowden,_1st_Viscount_Snowden

Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1535)

#Niwa_Nagahide

John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)

#John_Hale_(minister)

Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)

#Joe_Malone_(ice_hockey)

Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)

#Francis_Schaeffer

Gilbert Roland, American actor (b. 1905)

#Gilbert_Roland

Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)

#Kenneth_J._Alford

Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk (b. 476)

#Hilary_of_Galeata

Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)

#Robert_Menzies

Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)

#Gottfried_Semper

Vladko Ma?ek, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)

#Vladko_Ma?ek

Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter (b. c. 1410)

#Domenico_Veneziano

Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)

#Kazimir_Malevich

Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)

#Elio_de_Angelis

Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)

#Andreas_Floer

Peter II, count of Savoy (b. 1203)

#Peter_II,_Count_of_Savoy

Valentinian II, Roman emperor (b. 371)

#Valentinian_II

Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)

#Emily_Dickinson

Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)

#Edward_J._Flanagan

Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (b. 1944)

#Garo_Yepremian

Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)

#Jean-Luc_Dehaene

Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)

#Hendrick_Avercamp

Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)

#Braulio_Carrillo_Colina

Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 1436)

#Henry_Beaufort,_3rd_Duke_of_Somerset

Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914)

Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933)

Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)

Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)

Will Elder, American illustrator (b. 1921)

Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)

Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)

Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (b. 1933)

Nizar Abdul Zahra, Iraqi footballer (b. 1961)

Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)

Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)

Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)

Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928)

Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)

Fritz Riess, German race car driver (b. 1922)

Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)

Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)

Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)

Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)

Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)

Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)

Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)

Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)

Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)

John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)

Keith Andrews, American race car driver (b. 1920)

William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)

Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)

Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)

Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)

Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)

Giovanni Croce, Italian composer and educator (b. 1557)

Mleh, prince of Armenia

Go-Ichij?, emperor of Japan (b. 1008)

Byrhthelm, bishop of Wells

Hatto I, German archbishop (b. 850)

Narinus I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 830)